Research Catalog

Title

The power of past greatness : urban renewal of historic centres in European dictatorships / Harald Bodenschatz [and five others] ; Harald Bodenschatz, Max Welch Guerra (eds.) ; translation, Irene Wilson.

Author

Bodenschatz, Harald

Publication

• Berlin : DOM Publishers, [2021]
• ©2021

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Additional Authors

• Welch Guerra, Max, 1956-
• Wilson, Irene

Description

191 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans; 31 cm.

Summary

The redevelopment of historical centres became an important policy field in the era of European dictatorships following the First World War. At that time historical centres were regarded as shabby and as tarnishing the desired image of a magnificent new city, of a showcase of the dictatorship. This led to the widespread demolition of older buildings. Historical streets and squares disappeared and were replaced by new apartments and workplaces for the loyal middle classes, by car-friendly roads and ostentatious new buildings. Nevertheless, the redevelopment of historical centres did not exclusively mean the eradication of the ?old town?. The aim of the dictatorship in many cases was also the preservation, and often the cultic display, of historical testimonials to past greatness.0The book presents examples of the redevelopment of historical centres in Mussolini?s Italy (Rome, Brescia, Bologna, Naples), in Stalin?s Soviet Union (Moscow), in Hitler?s Germany (Berlin), in Salazar?s Portugal (Lisbon, Évora, Óbidos) and in Franco?s Spain (Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Santillana del Mar). These are followed by a brief summary of the history of the redevelopment of historical centres in Europe. This volume represents the very first attempt to identify the commonalities and differences in the redevelopment of historical centres in dictatorships in Europe in the first half of the 20th century.

Series Statement

• Schriften des Architekturmuseums der Technischen Universität Berlin = Papers of the Architecture Museum at the Technical University of Berlin
• Schriften des Bauhaus-Instituts für Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur und Planung der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar = Papers of the Bauhaus Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture and Planning at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Uniform Title

Schriften des Architekturmuseums der Technischen Universität Berlin.

Alternative Title

Urban renewal of historic centres in European dictatorships

Subject

• Urban renewal > Europe > History > 20th century
• Dictatorship > Europe > History > 20th century
• Rénovation urbaine > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Dictature > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Architektura i polityka > Europa > 20 w
• Urbanistyka > aspekt polityczny > Europa > 20 w
• Dzielnice staromiejskie > konserwacja i restauracja > Europa > 20 w
• Rewitalizacja miast > Europa > 20 w

Note

• Translated from the German.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

HT178.E85

ISBN

• 9783869222059
• 3869222050

OCLC

• on1289533362
• 1289533362

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries